Anyone have sciatica or sciatic nerve problems?

[new mom to a veiled]

I had it with both of my pregnancy's..........so no meds!!!! I went for physio, it made it much worse for the 1st week, but stick with it. It was better within a couple of weeks..........

[My Peanuts]

I'm still in pain. It's been over a week. I've had this before but it never lasted more than one day. I'm still on the pain killers, which I found out are not muscle relaxers (know nothing about this stuff). Anyway, my mom wants me to go see a specialist, but my doctor told me this might take a while. It's only been 8 days since this started. This morning when I was laying in bed I thought it was better, but when I got up it was bad again. I have a new development too. If I touch my chin to my chest I get a shock down my entire back, down my leg and to my foot. I think I need to see a neurologist.

[K9karen]

Definitely go to a neurologist. I've been plagued with back and hip problems since my teens. When the bursitis in my hips acts up, it flares up the sciatica. After my back surgery, the sciatica was awful. The surgeon gave me a steroid dose pack to reduce the swelling and it helped. But just the other day, it acted up again. Before surgery, I practically lived in physical therapy. It's the only thing that helped, but it took a while. When you're in pain, your gait changes and that also flares it up. Ice packs may help until then, and bed rest. Shots do nothing. The sciatica may be caused from something more serious since it's inflammation of a nerve. There's pressure on it. I'm sorry I don't mean to sound negative. But I believe that a week in agony is a week too much. My neurologist helped me the most through difficult times.

[My Peanuts]

I had an MRI and x-rays on Tuesday and I' waiting for the results. The pain is letting up at times, but Sunday was the worst day.